1877.3 
THE NORTHERN TULIP SHOWS. 
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Mabel, 5th with'Aglaia, and 7th with Mabel. 2nd, Mr. W. Whittaker, with a seedling, 4th 
with Mrs. Lea, 8th with Industry, and 10th with Mrs. Headly. 3rd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with 
Modesty. 6th, Mr. C. Forman, with Heroine. 9th, Mr. S. Barlow, with Little Annie.— Flamed 
Byblcemen: 1st, Mr. W. Whittaker, with Talisman, 2nd with Duchess of Sutherland, and 5th 
with Headly’s Adonis. 3rd, Mr. S. Barlow, with Talisman. 4th, Mr. T. Haynes, with 
Clarke’s Thalia. 6th, Mr. D. Woolley, with Lord Denman. 7th, Mr. John Morris, with 
William Bentley. 8th, Mr. T. Haynes, with Salvator Rosa. 9th, Mr. H. Hill with Chancellor. 
10th, jMr. S. Barlow with David Jackson.— Feathered Bybloemen: 1st, Mr. Whittaker, with 
Headly’s Adonis, 3rd, with the same, and 4th, with Violet Aimable. 2nd, Mr. C. Forman, 
with Mary Forman. 5th and Gth, Mr. D. Woolley, with Bessie and Talisman. 7th, Mr. J. 
Hague, with Mrs. Allsop. 8th, Mr. T. Mellor, with Angelina. 9th, Mr. S. Cooper, with Sarah. 
10th, Sir. D. Barber, with Sirs. Pickerell.—The Premier Feathered Tulip was Heroine rose, 
shown by Sir. D. Barber; and the Premier Flamed Tulip^ Sir Joseph Paxton, bizarre, shown 
by Sir. C. Forman. 
Breeder Classes: —Sir. Barlow has for some years past ranked as the champion cultivator 
of breeder tulips, and some flowers of extraordinary beauty were to bo found amongst those 
exhibited by him on this occasion. In the class for six blooms he was awarded the 1st prize 
for Sirs. Barlow and Lady Slay, rose ; Lord Provost and Richard Yates, bizarre; Glory of 
Stakehill and Talisman, bybloomen, a very fine lot indeed. 2nd, Sir. D. Barber, with Dr. 
Hardy, Adonis, Queen of England, Sirs. Barlow, and two seedlings. 3rd, Sir. J. Hague. 4th, 
Sir. W. Whittaker. In the class for three blooms the best came from Sir. T. Haynes, who 
had Beauty of Litchurch, Sirs. Bright, and Dr. Hardy. 2nd, Sir. S. Barlow, with Alice Grey, 
Annie SlacGregor, and Sir J. Paxton. 3rd, Sir. H. Housley, with Sulphur, Slabel, and Duchess 
of Sutherland. 4th, Sir. W. Whittaker. 5th, SIi*. T. Slellor. 6th, Sir. .1. Hague. In the 
class for single blooms of Bizarre breeders. Sir. D. Barber was 1st, with Sir Joseph Paxton, 
followed by William Willison, Dr. Hardy, Excelsior, and seedlings. The best Rose-breeder 
was Sirs. Barlow, from Sir. S. Barlow, followed by Annie Slacgregor, Lady Grosvenor, Atkins’s 
seedling, Slabel, Lady Slay, and Sirs. Bates. The best Bybloemen breeder was Beauty of Lit¬ 
church, from Sir. T. Haynes, the other flowers being seedlings. The Premium Breeder Tuli{> 
was Sirs. Barlow, a very fine rose, fi'om Sir. S. Barlow’s collection. 
The fourth annual show of the Northern Counties Tulip SociETY—a con¬ 
temporary, but not a rival of the National Society, and one which had its origin 
ill a series of small Tulip shows held about Manchester, but too closely identified 
with ale-house associations—was held a few days later, June 8, at the Abbey 
Hey Hotel, Gorton, near Manchester. S. Barlow, Esq., is also President of this 
Society, and Mr. J. Wild, Asliton-under-Lync, Secretary. The following are the 
winning flowers in the principal classes ;— 
Six'Tulips, one of ouch class:—Isfc, Mr. W. Whitlaker, Salford, with Sir J. Paxton, 
very fine, flamed, and Masterpiece, feathered bizarres; Mabel, flamed, and Industry, a delicately 
beautiful new variety shown in fine condition, feathered roses; Talisman,flamed, and Bessie, 
very fine, feathered bybloomens. 2nd, Mr. T. Mellor, Ashton, with Sir J. Paxton, flamed, and 
Charles X., feathered bizarres; Duchess of Sutherland, very fine, flamed, and Agnes, feathered 
bybloomens ; Mabel, flamed, and Heroine, feathered roses. 3rd, Mr. S. Barlow, Chadderton, 
with Sir J. Paxton, very fine, flamed, and George Hayward, feathered bizarres ; Countess of 
Sefton, flamed, and Heroine, feathered roses; John Peacock, flamed, and Bessie, feathered 
bybloomens. 4th, Mr. J. Morris, Leigh. 
Six 'Tulips, one of each class (small growers).—1st, Mr. J. Hulme, with Sir J. Paxton, 
flamed, and Charles X. feathered bizarres; Mabel flamed, and Heroine feathered roses; 
Chancellor, flamed, and Violet Aimable, feathered bybloomens. 2nd, Mr. J. Leigh. 3rd, Mr. 
K. Ashton. 4th, Mr. J. Heap. 
Three Feathered 'Tidips. —1st, Mr. W. Whittaker, with Masterpiece bizarre; Violet 
Aimable, very fine, bybloomen ; and a very good and promising high-coloured rose soodling. 
2nd, Mr. J. Hulme, with Masterpieco, Violet Aimable, and Mrs. Lea. 3rd, Mr. T. Mellor, 
with Sulphur, Norval, and Horoino. Two other prizes were awarded. 
Three Flamed 'Tulips. —lot, Mr. W. Whittaker, with Sir J. Paxton, bizarre ; Talisman, very 
fine, bybloomen ; and Aglaia rose. 2nd, Mr. J. Turner, with Sir J. Paxton, very fine; Duchess 
of Sutherland, and Triomphe Royale. 3rd, Mr. S. Barlow, with Sir J. Paxton; Nimbus, a 
new particularly effective flamed bybloemen of the late Dr. Hardy’s raising, not yet distri¬ 
buted, and Aglaia. 4th, Mr. T. Jlellor. 
'Two Tidips, one feathered, one flamed.—1st, Mr. J. Turner, with Dr, Hardy, flamed 
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